Aztec public testnet: programmable privacy on Ethereum
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Previews Aztec's public testnet: a fully decentralized validity rollup with private smart contracts in Noir, combining public and private execution and state. 120 participants ran sequencers and provers on Sepolia for a month, producing 70k+ blocks.
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120 participants ran sequencers and provers on Sepolia for over a month
70k+ blocks produced using blobs for DA
Aztec's team created PLONK
Public testnet of @aztecnetwork is just hours away.
Programmable privacy.
On Ethereum.
This is the team that created PLONK, a SNARK-based proving system which inspired an entire family of PLONK-ish ZK proof systems, and enabled privacy-first products like zkmoney & Aztec Connect in the early days.
Now the endgame is near, with a fully programmable & private L2 powered by @NoirLang (a Rust-like programming language designed for privacy-preserving apps) about to open its doors to the public.
No one cares about L2s anymore?
Maybe not general-purpose EVMs.
But this one is built different.
- Programmable execution layer enabling fully private smart contracts powered by @NoirLang.
- Fully decentralized validity rollup design including decentralized sequencing, proving, & governance.
- Combines public/private execution, state & messaging, allowing private computation locally, public execution via AVM, encrypted private states (UTXOs), public merkle-tree state storage, and seamless Ethereum interop.
- 120 participants continuously operated sequencers & provers on Sepolia for over a month, producing 70k+ blocks using blobs for DA on Ethereum.
- Nodes hosted globally across 6 continents by both individuals and organizations.
Definitely worth keeping an eye on @aztecnetwork.
@aztecnetwork Public testnet is live!
x.com/aztecnetwork/status/1917926796986929192
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